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Front Entry to Main Garden bed

Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush' , Assorted Miniature Roses, New England Aster:  Honeysuckle

'Major Wheeler', Astilbe: Erika, Peach Blossom, Praecox, and Chinensis Pumila;  Baptisia: Australis; Catmint (Nepeta fassenii): Six Hills;  Coral Bells (Heuchera): Stormy Seas; Daffodils (Cyclamineus narcissus)  Daylily (Hemerocalis): Flava, Hyperion, and Rosy Returns; Foxglove (Digitalis): Excelsior Hybrid and Grandiflora Ambigua; Geranium (Cranesbill): Rozanne; Hydrangea: Endless Summer; Lambs Ear (Stachys): Helen von Stein and Silver Carpet;  Montauk (Nippon) Daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum);  Peony (Paeonia): Festiva Maxima, Francois Ortegat, and Sarah Bernhardt; Rhododendron: Ramapo;  Rose: Double Knockout;  Sedum: Autumn Joy and Bert Anderson;  Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum): Becky;  Siberian Iris (I. sibirica): White Triangles;  Summersweet (Alnifolia clethra): Hummingbird and Ruby Spice; Vinca Minor; Weigela: Midnight Wine; White Hedge SnowberryWinterberry (Ilex verticillata): Red Sprite and Shajver.

Front Island

Amber Jubilee Ninebark; Astilbe (Saxifragaceae):  Erika, Moerheimii, and Peach Blossom;  Bleeding Heart (ringed/Dicentra eximia):  Zestful;   Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens);  Coral Bells (Heuchera):  Stormy Seas, CanCan, and Plum Pudding;  Hosta:  Sieboldiana Elegans, Frances Williams, Gold Regal, Sum and Substance;  Narcissus:  Cheerfulness, Carlton, Hawera, Tete-e-Tete, and Marieke;  Phlox (diverichea);  Rhododendron: Ramapo and Purple Gem;  Scilla:  Siberica;  Siberian Iris (l.sibirica): River Dance and White Triangles;  Snow in Summer (Cerastium tomentosum);  Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum variegatum).

North Boundary entrance

North Boundary

Alliums; Alpine Currant (Ribes Alpinum);  Amber Jubilee Ninebark Holly (Ilex opaca);  Astilbe; Black Cohosh (Actea racemosa);  Blue Spruce (Picea p. Montgomery );  Daylily (Hemerocalis): Rosy Returns;  Boxwood;  ChokeberryDwarf Fothergilla; Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis);  Epimedium;  Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobata): Hay-scented fern;  Fern (dryopteris erythrosora): Brilliance Autumn Fern;  Fern (matteuccia struthiopteris): Ostrich Fern;  Fern (polystichum acrostichoides): Christmas Fern;  Fern (polystichum polyblepharum): Tassel Fern;  Flowering Crabapple (Malus); Helleborus (Hellebore): Argutifolius, Royal Heritage, Orientalis, Foetidus, Ivory Prince Walhelivor, x Nigercors/Snow Love #1, and x Sternii/Blackthorn strain;  Hydrangea: Endless Summer and Anabelle; Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum): Bloodgood;  Leucothoe (Axillaris);  Lilac (Syringa x tribida): Josee;  Lilac (Syringa vulgaris): Little Blue Boy;  Lungwort (Pulmonaria);  New Jersey Tea; Northern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla Ionicera)Ozark Witch HazelPachysandra Virginiana;  Red Twigged Osier Dogwood (Cornus anguineria);  Rhododendron Chinonoides and /Roseum Elegans;  Rose of Sharon; Sedum (Spectabilis): Autumn Joy;  Shadbush (Amelanchier canadensis);  Shamrock Inkberry; Daisy (Leucanthemum): Becky;  Siberian Iris (l.sibirica): Common purple and White Triangles;  Viburnum;  Vinca Minor: Bowles;  Winterberry.

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Hugelkultur - early stage
(Hugelkultur is a centuries-old, traditional way of building a garden bed from rotten logs and plant debris.)

Hugelkultur bed: Dwarf Willow (Salix): Bankers; (Salix eriocephalia): American Mackay; (Salix irrorata); (Salix irrorate): Violet Beauty; (Salix purpurea): Gracillis; (Salix x Americana); (Salix rubens): Hutchinson Yellow; (Salix purpurea): Harrison B; (Salix interior); (Salix purpurea): Eugenii

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Also, a Paperbark Maple Tree (Acer griseum) along the North boundary was donated by Brian J. Prosser in memory of Katharine Dru Prosser.

South Boundary

South Boundary

American Holly (Ilex opaca);  Astilbe: Bronze Elegans, Erika, Peach Blossom, Praecox, Prof. van der Wielen, and Pumila;  Eastern Hemlock (Tsuqa canadensis);  Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus);  Epimedium: Longspur Barrenwort;  Fern (Polystichum acrostichoidess): Christmas fern; Giant Blue Lobelia; Hamemelis: Witch Hazel;  Hellebore: Candy Love;  Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum );  Hydrangea: Anabelle;  Hydrangea: Petiolaris espalier (3-panel trellis);  Inkberry (Ilex glabara);   Leucothoe (Fontanesiana): Drooping Leucothoe;  Rhododendron (Roseum Elegans): Nearing Strain;  Shadbush (Amelanchier canadensis);  Sweetshrub/Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus floridus)Doublefile Viburnum (vibernum plic. tom. Mariesii);   Vinca;  Winterberry.

Rear Boundary

Alliums; Azalea (Azalea vaseyi): Pinkshell; Bloodroot; Canadian Ginger (Asarum canadense ); Camassia: Quamash Blue Melody;     Crocus: tommasinius; Daffodils: Topolino; Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cuccularia);  Hay-scented Fern (Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobata);  Hydrangea: Limelight; Iris: cristata; Jack in the Pulpit; Pieris; Shadbush (Amelanchier canadensis); Solomon's Seals (Polygonatum pubescens);  Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis);  Trillium; Trumpet Scillias: siberica and puschkinia; Viburnum;  Virginia Creeper; Virginia of the Snow (Chionodoxa); Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum).

Note: Many of the plants and trees Carlisle Center Park are labeled.

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